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  • Sen. Christopher Bray, Chair
  • Sen. Brian Campion, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Mark A. MacDonald
  • Sen. John Rodgers
  • Sen. Corey Parent

Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

February 25, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Last Updated 2/27/2020 2:13 PM

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Renewable Energy

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA

Steve Crowley, Chair, Sierra Club Energy Committee

 

11:30 AM                   Implicit Bias Training

Legislative Lounge

Bor Yang, Executive Director, VT Human Rights Commission

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 227 - An act relating to the provision of personal care products by lodging establishments

Plastics EPR's

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director, Conservation Law Foundation

 

9:30 AM                   S. 227 - An act relating to the provision of personal care products by lodging establishments

Organics, Food Scraps, Readiness for 7/1/2020

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

Pat Austin, Hauler, Orleans County

 

10:00 AM                   S. 227 - An act relating to the provision of personal care products by lodging establishments

Small Plastic Bottles

 

10:45 AM                   S. 227 - An act relating to the provision of personal care products by lodging establishments

Jennifer Holliday, Director of Public Policy and Diversion Policy, Chittenden Solid Waste District - Phone

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 27, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife issues

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Brenna Galdenzi, President, Protect Our Wildlife

Mike Covey, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition

Walter Medwid, Former Executive Director, Center for Northern Woodlands Education

Jim White, Member, Vt Wildlife Coalition

Alana Stevenson, Member, Animal Behavior Services

Barry Londeree, Vermont State Director, United States Humane Society

Rob Mullen, Resident, West Bolton

William Staats, Wildlife Biologist, Region I

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 28, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife issues

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

11:00 AM                   Overview of Procedure to amend the Vermont Constitution

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Jude Newman at 802-828-2296 or jnewman@leg.state.vt.us